The Nation: Neo-Nazi Groups: Artifacts of Hate

Though they continue to attract murderous misfits like Fred Cowan, the
nation's neo-Nazi organizations have fallen on hard times. The
anti-Communist cold war tensions of the '50s and the civil rights
clashes of the '60s nourished their sick ideas, but the hate groups
have languished since then.

To be sure, there is a profitable U.S. trade in Nazi artifactsAfrika
Korps caps, helmets, Adolf Hitler posters, swastika-emblazoned daggers
and flags. Old military uniforms and insigniaincluding Nazi
versionshave been snapped up by various nostalgia collectors who may
have no particular ideological axes to grind. Motorcycle...